Okonkwo’s fear drives him to strive for success and honor in his clan; his fear is responsible for his high social status and his title. Okonkwo’s father had left him with absolutely nothing of value; no yams‚ no wives‚ not even a compound. He has to work very hard to build up his worth in the village and clan. “Any one who knew his grim struggle against poverty and misfortune could not say he had been lucky. If ever a man deserved his success‚ that man was Okonkwo.” (34‚ Achebe). Okonkwo couldn’t
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OBSERVATION: Table showing observation made on Benedict’s test-Reducing sugar. Food Test | Food Items | Observations | Benedict’s test –Reducing sugar.2cm3 of food was added to a test tube. An equal solution of Benedict’s solution was added and shaken the brought to a boil. | MilkCheeseButterWhite breadWhole wheat bread | -Initially white-When Benedict’s solution was added the mixture turned faint blue.-When boiled the mixture turned yellow.-Initially faint yellow.-When Benedict’s solution
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tries to keep his sons from becoming feminine by teaching them how to plant and harvest yams and also driving out the laziness in them. In Okonkwo’s tribe the yam was regarded as a sign of masculinity and a man who could feed his family off of the yams was very highly regarded in the tribe. However this stopped women from being able to help plant and harvest yams because only a man could successfully yield a yam. Okonkwo also made sure that his sons were not lazy as laziness was considered a feminine
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and believe animals‚ such as the royal python‚ to be sacred. The people of Umuaro conduct celebrations in relation to the harvest‚ including the Festival of Pumpkin Leaves and the Festival of the New Yam. According to the Igbo‚ yams are the most important crop and also represent qualities of manhood. Yams are heavily relied upon as a major food source of these people. In Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God‚ Oduche‚ Ezeulu’s son‚ is heavily attracted to the Christian religion. This is especially shown to be
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Growing a large amount of a difficult crop like yams earns a man respect in the community. Okonkwo believes that the “Yam [stands] for manliness‚ and he who could feed his family on yams from one gravest to another was a very great man indeed.” (4.32) Having suffered great embarrassment from his effeminate father‚ Okonkwo will not let his sons suffer the same. He pushes them and crushes their spirits in order to teach them how to properly grow the difficult yam so that they may become men
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and characteristics of one culture to another. The agricultural aspect of the Igbo culture was unlike the ones of modern day. Yams were the supreme nutrient in every meal. They called these yams “king of the crops.” Moreover‚ people utilized this food for every customary celebration and used kola nuts as an offering to their personal god or “chi”. The yams‚ as Achebe had said‚ sometimes associated or connected with the
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In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe there is a clan named Umuofia that has to face many challenges caused by outside people. The main character Okonkwo is a very popular and well known citizen of the clan who the book is based around. One day Christians come to Umuofia and try to convert the clan from a polytheistic religion to Christianity. This book shows that when there is a new influence that affects you or someone near you they will almost always assimilate. Assimilation is very
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Written task two: the role of women in Igbo society In Chinua Achebe’s “Things fall apart”‚ the women of the Igbo tribe may appear as an oppressed group with little power at first glance‚ and that fact is true to a certain extant. Nevertheless‚ this conception of the Ibo women seem to be simplistic once the reader notices the many roles the Ibo women are playing in their village throughout the novel. We can see such examples in the religion‚ where women play the role of priestess. As mentioned
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ARROW OF GOD (CHINUA ACHEBE) PLOT Arrow of God is set in rural Nigeria during the 1920s in a southern part of the country where the Igbo people reside. The novel begins with a war between two neighboring regions of rural Igbo land: Umuaro and Okperi. Though we don’t know the boundaries of Okperi‚ we do know that Umuaro is made up of six villages. These six villages are linked by their worship of a common god. The people of Umuaro start a war with Okperi over land they want to claim‚ they are encouraged
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is their personal gods‚ or the main gods‚ every single thing they do‚ honors a god. During the Yam Festival‚ joy was spread all throughout the villages. The Feast of the New Yam is an “Occasion for giving thanks to Ani‚ the earth goddess and the source of all fertility” (Achebe 36). According to africaresource.com‚ Ala is worshipped by the Igbo of Nigeria and is annually paid homage to during the Yam
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